Mabel Grouitch née Dunlop (August 13, 1872 – August 13, 1956) was an American surgical nurse who worked with the Red Cross during World War I.
Biography[]
Mabel Gordon Dunlop was originally from Clarksburg, West Virginia.[1] In 1901, she went to Athens to study archaeology. She met and married Serbian minister Dr. Slavo Grouitch.[1][2]
Grouitch raised money for the Serbian Red Cross during the Balkan Wars.[1] She led 7 nurses from the United Kingdom to Serbia in 1914 during the First World War. She became good friends with Flora Sandes (famous for becoming a woman on the front in the First World War).
She died on August 13, 1956 in a Georgetown hospital of leukemia in Washington D.C..
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Marshal & Will". 1924-11-05. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,882560,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ↑ "Plea to Knitters Not to Quit Works; Mme. Grouitch Tells of Need in the Balkans". 1919-01-05. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9904EFDB1231E433A25756C0A9679C946896D6CF. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
Washington D.C.
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